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It was apparently an upsetting one for the All Progressive Congress as Ladi Ajomale, son of the party chairman in Lagos state lost out in his bid to represent the people of Oshodi/Isolo Constituency II. Ajomale lost to Emeka Idimogu of the Peoples Democratic Party in an election which was reminiscing of the Federal House of Representatives in which incumbent and APC candidate Akeem Muniru lost to his Igbo opponent.

According to the returning officer, Dr. Adeyemi Oshinowo, Ajomale polled a total of 25,727 votes behind Idimogu's 27,423 votes. Another Igbo candidate under APGA Mr. Ifeanyi Udeh came a distant third with 673 votes.

In related developments, the PDP also clinched the Oshodi/Isolo Constituency I seat as it's candidate Shokunle Hakeem defeated Olukayode Ogundipe of the APC by 17,479 votes to 17,125.

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Mr Folajimi Mohammed, the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, who is son of Alhaji Lai Mohammed, APC's spokesman, has been declared the winner of Ikeja Constituency l House of Assembly election of April 11.

INEC Returning Officer, Mr Onochie Mordi, made this declaration at about 5.40am at the end of the collation of the results on April 12 at the Central Primary School, Ikeja GRA.
According to him, APC scored the highest number of votes of 13, 603 to emerge the winner.‎

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The Peoples Democratic Party candidate in Lagos state, Jimi JK Agbaje has reportedly called his opponent in the All Progressive Congress, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode to congratulate him while also praying for him according to reports gathered by BlackBox Nigeria.

Ambode continues leading Agbaje in the ongoing collation and all indications has shown that the Accountant from the ruling party in the state would carry the day.
Akinwunmi Ambode who has the support of incumbent Babatunde Fashola as well as party leader, Bola Tinubu's victory would be surprising to only a few following the overwhelming support he has been receiving in the past months following a well coordinated and robust campaign.
It is however commendable a feat what Mr. Agbaje did following a trend set by outgoing President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

BlackBox Nigeria can also authoritatively report that Akinwunmi Ambode has won the Lagos Polls. Our correspondent gathered that

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Oyo state Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has emerged victorious at the gubernatorial polls in the state defeating former Governors; Senator Rasheed Ladoja and Otunba Christopher Alao Akala BlackBox Nigeria has gathered.

With this win, Ajimobi has finally broken the Oyo jinx of not voting for a governor twice in the state. He defeated his closest rival, Alhaji Ladoja of Accord Party by a total 327,310 votes to Ladoja's 254,50 votes.
Asides Akala of the Labour Party, other contesters included Senator Teslim Folarin of the PDP and new entrant, Seyi Makinde of SDP.

The Kaduna State Governor and gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ramalan Yero, has conceded defeat to his rival, Nasir El-Rufai of the All Progressives Congress, an official has said.
The spokesperson of Kaduna State APC Campaign Council, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement.
According to Mr. Aruwan, Mr. Yero called Mr. El-Rufai at around 3:00 p.m. to congratulate the latter on his victory.
"He congratulated El-Rufai and wished him success," Mr. Aruwan said. "He prayed for peace and development of Kaduna state and Nigeria at large. El-Rufai in his response thanked Yero and wished all the best and hope to see you him soon."
Mr. El-Rufai led with over 500,000 votes in 16 of the 20 local government areas announced by the state INEC with the results of three local governments yet to be announced as at 4:05 p.m.

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The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu on Sunday conceded defeat to Sen. Jibrilla Bindow of the All Progressives Congress (APC).‎

Mr. Ribadu made his position known in a concession address to the people of the state.
He said: "My dear people of Adamawa State, I greet you in the best form of greetings. I had dreamt of coming back home to lead our dear state to greater strides after years of underdevelopment.‎
"I started this journey in August last year and successfully got the mandate of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) to fly its flag for the April 11 gubernatorial election. I came into this race knowing fully well that political contests are two-way traffics – one either wins or loses.‎
"As a man of faith, I was also aware that leadership responsibility is a product of God's anointment.
"In the course of this journey, I have seen genuine support and encouragement from the people of Adamawa State.
"Several individuals from Adamawa and beyond contributed generously to keep the campaign going and many others devoted their time, energy and intellect to see to the success of this project. I sincerely appreciate this belief in my person and my ambition.
"The support I got from my party's leadership and individual members from President Goodluck Jonathan down to the party agents in our polling units was overwhelming and gratifying.
"The party leader in the state, Barrister Bala James Nggilari and the state party chairman, Chief Joel Madaki led their lieutenants in making this journey memorable."
Ribadu said he had no choice than to accept the preference of the majority for Bindow.
He added: "I came into this race with lofty dreams and clear vision for our dear state, but the voice of the majority has not given me this chance. I take this in good faith.
"I want to take this opportunity to congratulate the winner and pray that at the end of it all our dear state will witness the needed progress and development it so much desires. God bless Adamawa State, God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria."

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The Igbo in Lagos have appealed to Lagos State government and the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Kayode Aderanti, to put security measures in place to ensure the protection of their lives and property after the general elections.
The appeal came just as they demanded an apology from Oba Rilwan Akiolu of Lagos over his comment that the Igbo would perish in the Lagos lagoon, in seven days, if they did not vote for his choice governorship candidate in yesterday's elections.

The Chairman, Ohaneze Ndigbo in Amuwo Odofin local government area, Chief Akalika Emmanuel, explained that the call for the protection of life and property became necessary to avoid unforeseen circumstances.
Acknowledging the intervention of the president elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, and opinion leaders from Igbo and Yoruba land, Emmanuel stated that the Igbo had sheathed their sword in demonstration of their love for Lagos State, as well as their maturity and willingness to be each other brothers' keepers.
Nevertheless, he demanded that a documentary prove that such threat from Akiolu would not repeat itself be made available, adding that the property of Ndi -Igbo would not be unduly taxed nor demolished , no matter the direction of the victory o f yesterday's governorship election.
Continuing he said: "We also demand that our business premises and other matters of interest will not come under any form of intimidation now or in future". 

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BlackBox Nigeria can authoritatively report that the All Progressive Congress has been dealt a major blow in Lagos as the Deputy Speaker of the state, Honorable Musbau Kolawole Taiwo has been defeated at his Ajeromi Ifelodun Constituency I.
The 53 year old who has been in the Assembly since 1999 was defeated by the PDP candidate, Dayo Famakinwa as the people of the area which include the popular Ajegunle came out en mass to discontinue Taiwo's legislative career.

The ruling APC would now have to‎ start shopping for a new speaker as Hon. Taiwo had been earlier favoured to take over from outgoing Speaker, Rt. Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji who is also not returning having initially contested for the governorship ticket of the APC.

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Governor Ibikunle Amosun has won the just concluded gubernatorial election in the South-Western state of Ogun defeating his closest rival Gboyega Nasir Isiaka of the PDP.
Governor Amosun has been leading since collation opened and BlackBox Nigeria has gathered that the former Chattered Accountant is on his way back to the Oke-Mosan Government house where he has held sway since 2011.

Amosun who represented his people at the Nigerian Senate initially lost to then Incumbent Gbega Daniel in controversial circumstances at the 2007 polls but emerged victorious in 2011.
We now await INEC's official declaration in returning Amosun as the duly elected winner!

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Doing the devil's work doesn't really pay after all… hoodlums snatching ballot boxes met their death while trying to escape.
No fewer than three persons have died and scores wounded in a ghastly motor accident in Imo State Saturday as elections were going on across the state.
The incident happened at Okwele in Onuimo Council Area of the State.

According to an eyewitness account, this occurred when a take-off bus conveying hoodlums who were snatching ballot boxes in the area, somersaulted while trying to escape from Soldiers who gave them a hot chase.
The eyewitness said, "on sighting the Army vehicle, the hoodlums accelerated their speed, while the Army vehicle, apparently suspecting a foul play, gave them a hot chase. Suddenly we heard a loud sound and the bus somersaulted severally".

Meanwhile efforts to confirm the incident were not successful as the Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), Andrew Enwerem, could not be reached on his cell phone.
But a reliable source in the Army, who pleaded anonymity, said the Soldiers on election duty were chasing the thugs when the accident occurred.

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Angry youths in Bogoro, Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State allegedly beat a councillor from Gizaki/Badagari Ward, Mr. Musa Daniel, to death during Saturday's elections.
The Chairperson of the Caretaker Committee of Bogoro LGA, Mrs. Hassana Arkila, broke the news to newsmen shortly after casting her vote.
Arkila described the incident as unfortunate, saying it was the handiwork of enemies of the country's democracy.
"I have just been informed that one of my councillors on lawful duty has been beaten to death by irate youths. I am assuring you that the full wrath of the law will catch up with the attackers," she said.

The council boss urged the people of the local government to sheath their swords and embrace peace, adding that violence was not the solution to political differences.
According to Arkila the action of the youths was an indication that the opposition was jittery of defeat and called for calm among PDP supporters in the area.

When our correspondent called the Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Police Command, Haruna Mohammed, to confirm the incident, he said he was not aware of it.
"I am not aware of such an incident but I will confirm it later," he said.

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Collation of governorship results began at the INEC headquarters, Abeokuta at 1.35am with the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Ibikunle Amosun, leading in the early results collated at the commission's office.‎
Amosun won in three of the four local government areas while the candidate of the PDP, Gboyega Isiaka won in one LGA.

In Ewekoro Local Government, APC polled 10,735, PDP polled 3,275 while SDP got 400 votes.
In Remo North LGA, APC led again with 7,365 votes while PDP polled 6,567 and SDP got 923 votes.
PDP led in Ijebu Ode LGA, polling 11,381 while the APC polled 10,570 and SDP got 571 votes.
APC won in Odeda LGA, where it polled 10,637 votes, PDP got 3,633 while SDP polled 1,367 votes.

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Joseph Mbu believes that his threat to kill 10 people for every policeman killed was responsible for the peaceful conduct of Lagos state election.
The Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2, made the utterance on Saturday at the state's Command Headquatres after monitoring the election in some parts of the state with some journalists.

Mbu was asked of his opinion on what he thought was responsible for the peaceful conduct of the elections, and he replied saying: "Generally, people are becoming more and more mature, sensitive and reasonable."
He said: "And anyway, the statement I made, which generated a lot of (controversy); people misconstrued it all over, but that also helped the police because people say, 'this man has come o and whatever he says, he means it', and that also instilled fear in them. Go and check all the places where I have served, how many people have died? We don't kill that way. But you have to instill fear so that people will have more respect for the police."
"You know how police were perceived those days, but now police give orders and people say police cannot do anything. But with those few words (I said), people are now scared and say, 'if you misbehave, police are going to react'. Now we have succeeded as far as I am concerned."

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According to reports, Akinwunmi Ambode has defeated Jimi Agbaje in his own polling unit.

Ynaija posted that..."The Lagos governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, Akinwunmi Ambode defeated his main competition Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party.‎
Ambode polled a total of 124 votes while Agbaje of PDP had 88 votes at his polling unit, 009, ward 3 in Apapa."

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Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State says he is optimistic that the All Progressives Congress will win the governorship and the House of Assembly elections in the state.‎
Fashola spoke after casting his votes along with his wife, Abimbola, and son, Ademola, at the polling unit 002, State Senior Grammar School, Itolo, at about 2.39pm.
He said the conclusion about voter turnout could only be accurately made after voting and counting of votes.
He said, "By scientific measures, what percentage of people actually came out for accredidation and how many people came back to vote. That will only be possible to know after the votes are counted. So, the questions about voter turnout are a little premature."

The governor added that he was optimistic about the fate of the APC in the goverorship and the House of Assembly elections.
He said, "I have always been optimistic in any contest, so I am optimistic about these elections."

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The Military have allegedly killed four voters in Bayan Dutse Polling Unit, Ginga Ward, Suru Local Government of Kebbi State.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Nafiu Abubakar, confirmed the incident to journalists.
"Yes, we have received report of the killings of four people allegedly killed by Soldiers and I will give you details of the killings as soon we conclude our investigation," he said.
The House of Representative-elect representing Suru/Bagudo federal constituency, Abdullahi Suru, also confirmed this to journalists.
He said the incident happened around noon on Saturday as accreditation was going on in the area which predominant has supporters of the All Progressives Congress.
"A serving Area Development Counsellor, Ahmed Sankezu, invited the soldiers to arrest some prominent elders in the area because he was earlier prevented from accessing the PU to perfect their rigging plan.
"The soldiers opened fire on the voters who challenged them from 'arresting' the elders," he alleged.
The Governorship candidate of the APC in Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, urged the voters in Kebbi to guard their votes.
Mr. Bagudu said he hopes to win the elections.
"Everyone is hopeful," he said.
While calling for a violence free election, Mr. Bagudu said "We have stressed numerous times during the campaign that we don't want anyone to get hurt for politicking.
"We want everyone to be obedient, cooperate with the security agencies, the Independent National Electoral Commission and more importantly to guard their rights. They should do what the law says.
"They should ensure that there is no thuggery and nobody takes away the mandate that they want to confer on whosoever they so desire."
Mr. Bangudu lamented the high rate of card reader failure but commended the significant improvement in the turnaround time per voter.
"We noticed that the turnaround time has improved significantly even though the failure rate of the card readers is still significant so the number of entries in the incident form is quite high.
"But we are pleased that the amount of time it is taking is lessened significantly and we hope that this will be less tedious and most people will be able to vote and the process will finish earlier than it did last time," said Mr. Bagudu.
Also, the Peoples Democratic Party flag-bearer in the state, Sarkin Yaki Bello warned against do-or-die politics in the state.
Mr. Bello commended INEC for the noticeable improvements in the voting process.
He said: "Remember last time my finger print could not be identified but today I am very impressed.
"The efforts of INEC are really commendable. I am sure that have learnt from the mistakes they may have made last two weeks.
"To me every process is a learning process. As you love forward you learn from what you have done and also improve upon them. So I believe INEC has learnt lessons and they have tremendously improved in terms of performance."
He expressed worry over voter apathy saying: "I can see there appears to be an apathy of voters' turnout.
"I urge the people to please come out enmasse and vote and I also enjoin them to be patriotic and vote the best candidate out of all of us who are vying for the position."
"I don't election to be a do-or-die politics. I mean, every military officer knows leadership is part and parcel of our training. Right from your first day in the Nigerian Defence Academy, you start learning about leadership.
"So leadership has many attributes. As a retired General it should not be a do or die affair. It should be the dividend, and delivery kind of machinery that must be able to inspire confidence in its followership, live in the fear of God and at least achieve results," said Mr. Bello.

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Apparently, all didn't go well in Ondo state elections as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state has cancelled the House of Assembly election in parts of Ilaje, Ugbo and other parts of the state where polls were disrupted on Saturday.‎
Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Olusegun Agbaje, gave the hint as information filtered in that ballot boxes and papers, meant for several units in Ayetoro and Ugbo Ward 2, were snatched by armed men.
Ilepete community, the collation centre for Ugbo Ward 3, was also reportedly attacked by armed thugs, who engaged in sporadic shooting at Ilowo to scare voters away.

INEC confirmed that about 22 units were affected by the disruptions.
Also at Ute Ward 12, Unit 6 in Ose Constituency, armed thugs launched an attack, snatching electoral materials and disappearing with them.

INEC also confirmed that there was no voting at Itekule, in Ondo East Local Government, as sustained gunshots kept voters indoors throughout the accreditation and voting period.
Agbaje said that INEC had received information about the disruptions across the state.
He said the commission had taken a decision to reschedule the elections in the affected areas, particularly areas where elections did not take place at all.
The REC added, "We have the reports already and we are waiting for the collation officers to finish their work before we can take a final decision.
"If the votes affected in the area are substantial, we will reschedule the election. If we have enough ballot papers after today, we can schedule a bye election for tomorrow (Sunday).
"If we don't have enough ballot papers, we will just wait for Abuja to supply us the materials and then conduct a bye-election at the same time in all the affect areas.

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Thugs who tried to snatch ballot boxes at Amuwo Odofin in Lagos while the Police initially watched were eventually arrested as the military came to the rescue.

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Nigerians in Washington DC have taken to the streets where they protested against Oba Akinolu asking Buhari to start justice with him. They said the protest was a march to condemn his threat statement and they have also written to White House and the International Criminal Court (ICC) over his statements.

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The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom, Mr. Austin Okojie, on Saturday said security operatives has arrested a former Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Maj. Gen. Edet Akpan (rtd.), for alleged electoral offences.‎
Okojie disclosed this in Uyo while briefing newsmen on challenges experienced in the ongoing Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state.
He said 10 corps members were also arrested together with Akpan at his residence in Nsit Atai Local Government Area, while allegedly thumb printing ballot papers.
The commissioner said the suspects were being interrogated by security agencies.

Okojie said the commission had also recorded hitches in seven out of the 31 local government areas of the state.
He said the areas affected include Eket, Ibeno, Onna, Ibesikpo/Asutan, Ukanafun, Etim Ekpo and Mkpat Enin local government areas.
Okojie said the commission had received cases of ballot boxes snatching and indiscriminate shooting at polling stations from the affected areas.
He also said that two corps members had been injured in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area.

On card readers, he said the machines had recorded 95 per cent success during the exercise, adding, "so far, the machines performed well today."

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